Hi everyone – Since I’ve been home, I have been trying to cook a larger meal on Sunday’s so that mom and I can have something ready for dinner for the first couple of days of the work week. It’s been working out really well so far. Yesterday afternoon I decided to tackle Jacques Pépin’s…… Continue reading I never knew Cassoulet could be so easy!
Hi Everyone: Happy Sunday afternoon. Yesterday I moved a lot of my stuff out of my old house into my new temporary residence – it was hot and not a lot of fun. 😦 But when my friend Tim met me in Rhode Island he came bearing a gift – a copy of Jacques Pépin’s…… Continue reading Jacques Pépin’s Sausage & Potato Packet
On Sunday night my friends Tim and Nicole invited me over for a lovely dinner and the Pixar film Ratatouille. I arrived at 4:30 with a bottle of red wine to go with dinner. We started the film promptly so that we would have time to finish it and have a nice dinner on the…… Continue reading Sunday: A Night With Jacques Pepin – or Tim and Nicole…
Hey All – Wow, today is Hump Day – thank goodness. This has been a super long week for me, and I’m not 100% sure why except that I still haven’t been sleeping all that well. Thankfully I heard my alarm and after snoozing twice, I was finally able to get up and start my…… Continue reading Hump Day…
Hey All – Hope you all had a good Tuesday. My day got off to an alarming start when I realized that I had either (a) slept through my alarm or (b) my alarm had never gone off. Ugh. I woke up at 7 o’clock to a text message regarding something at the office -…… Continue reading Tuesday – alarm disaster
Hi All – Wow, Sunday night’s dinner was a success… but let me recap the rest of the day first. Katherine and I had a fun time watching Julia Child on pbs.org (link here to episodes on the web!) The episodes were inspiring and I can’t wait to try a few of her recipes. It…… Continue reading Sunday: Amazing Ratatouille
Hi All – I really did enjoy my morning today – having forty minutes to enjoy before I had to start getting ready for work was really wonderful. I enjoyed coffee, the paper, and Conan – who could want for much more?? But guess what? I was not hungry for breakfast so early in the…… Continue reading The quiche really is light!
Hey All – We had a pretty great Saturday. We got down to Rhode Island at about 1 o’clock this afternoon, and decided to go out to lunch and to the RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Museum. Lunch was at Cafe Paragon on Thayer Street which was a flash back to my high school…… Continue reading RISD Museum & scallops
Hey All – I survived a busy Monday at work! Yay for me! This week is going to be super crazy at work… so I’m just trying to to take it day by day and get through the week. This morning I started off the day with the last bagel of my Brueggers stash from…… Continue reading Monday re-cap
Wednesday night after work, Ben and I got in the car and drove down to Rhode Island to see my mom. Ben and my mom had a Saint Patrick’s dinner a day late. My mom made corn beef and veggies… she also made an amazing soup pictured here: This is a sweet potato soup (click…… Continue reading Wednesday – dinner with Mom!
Sugar and Spice 